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1%.. 378,020. Patented Febi'14,j1'888.

N. PETERS. PhokrUUlognpMr, Washington, 0.1:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ELIJAH U. SOOVILLE, or MANLIUS, NEW YORK.

FAUGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 378,020, dated February 14, 1888.

Application filed April 29, 1884.

To aZZ wh0m it may concern;

Be it known that I, ELIJAH U. ScoVrLLn, of Manlius, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following, taken in Connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of faucets in which a gate slides over the discharge end of the faucet,- the discharge of said faucets being usually at the end thereof, and in consequence of this considerable room is required in front of the faucet for the placement of the measures and receptacles to be filled; and, furthermore, the liquid with which the front face of said faucets is usually more orless coated is liable to soil the clothes of persons passing by the faucet.

My present invention is designed to obviate the aforesaid defects and at the same time to arrange the valve at the side of the faucetbarrel in such a manner as to cause all parts of the face of said valve to move parallel and corresponding distances over the face of the valve-seat on the barrel, and thus distribute the wear uniformly over the said faces, and consequently maintain them properly fitted to each other for a greater length of time; and to that end my invention consists of the following construction and combination of the component parts thereof.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a'front end view of a faucet embodying my improvement, showing the gate thereofin an open position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, with the gate in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a front end View of a modification of the'detail arrangement of parts. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 5 is a detached view of one of the sections of which the gate is formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- Sponding parts.

B denotes the barrel of the faucet, formed with a laterally-turned discharge end, B, and thus having its discharge-opening at the side of the barrel, which latter is providedwith a segmental convex face, a, which is arranged parallel with the axis of the barrel, and over which moves a gate, 0, which is formed with Serial No. 129.703. (No model.)

arms pivoted on the barrel and extending therefrom at right angles to the axis of the barrel. Between the gate 0 and convex face or valve-seat on the barrel I interpose a valve, '0, which is carried by the gate and has a concave face parallel with the axis of the barrel and corresponding to the convexity of the valve-seat, against which latter the said Valve is pressed by a spring, '8, seated in asocket, e, in the gate 0, and bearing on the back'of the Valve,-as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In order to obtain a more secure hold for the gate 0 on the barrel B,. I form the gate of two sections, 0 and c, fastened together by screws n n, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The section 0 is formed with an eye, I), adapted to be slipped over the rear end of the barrel B and closely embrace the same at the lateral discharge end B. The other gate-section, c, is provided with an eye, d, for the reception of a screw or pin, 1', by which it is pivoted to the end of the barrel B. f represents a coilspring connected at one end to the screw 4' and at the opposite end to the gate 0, and strained to normally hold the gate in a closed position. g

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination of thebarrel B, havingthe discharge end of its duct terminated at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the barrel, and provided thereat with a segmental convex valve-seat concentric with the longitudinal axis of. the barrel, and having its axis in line with said axis of the barrel, a gate formed with arms pivoted on the barrel at right augles to the aforesaid axis, and a valve carried on said gate and having a concave face corresponding to the convex valve-seat, all constructed and combined substantially in the manner specified and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the Stateof New York, this 18th day of April, 1884.

ELIJAH U. SOOVILLE. .[L. s.]

, Witnesses:

FRED. H. Games, 0. BENDIxoN; 

